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From TOS...
With a holiday weekend upon us, there has been some thought that Tennessee's search for a new basketball
coach might not hit high gear until next week.
However that doesn't appear to be the case. Sources today have told Volquest that Tennessee was on the
move. The trip made by Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart and others was estimated at 3-5 hours. We have not been able to confirm a location with absolute certainty or who the Vols' contingent might have seen other than it's been indicated to us from multiple sources that the travel may have been to a location north of Knoxville.
Obviously, there are several names who have been mentioned as possible candidates who work north of
Tennessee. Richard Pitino is at Minnesota. Archie Miller is at Dayton, Chris Mack is at Xavier and Mick Cronin is at Cincinnati.
Cronin seems the least likely of the group as it was indicated to Volquest that Cronin wasn't going to be the coach at Tennessee with an indication that Tennessee wasn't interested in him more than anything. Remember, Cronin is paid well
at Cincinnati and is also a life long fan of the Bearcats and is a Cincinnati native. But with a new athletics director, there has been some thought that he would listen to the Vols. However, it doesn't appear any conversations are likely to happen.
Again, we believe Tennessee was on the move today, but we haven't confirmed the location or the candidate at this point. We are continuing to dig for more information.
And just on a side note after doing a couple of radio shows on Thursday, former head coach Cuonzo Martin telephoned several donors in the last 24 hours to thank them for their support of his program in kind of his final closure on his Tennessee tenure.